The Ghost Deer of 'Possum Valley sauntered past the kitchen window Wednesday morning. In a case of exquisitely bad timing, the camera batteries were recharging. After some scurrying, I was able to catch her/him leaving the yard with a spotted youngster.
Cherry blossoms (domestic)We'd be lucky to get a handful of cherries after the critters have a go at the tree.
Tender White Oak leaflets
Prickly-ash leaflets
Kentucky Coffeetree buds
Bitternut Hickory leavesDozens of these are popping up around the yard, thanks to the squirrels.
A toad's eye view of Mayapple flower buds
Green Dragon leaf unfurling
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
"Jack" is the interior spadix and the "pulpit" is the curved hood or spathe. Clusters of scarlet berries are produced in late summer which are eaten by Wild Turkeys and Wood Thrushes.
American Bladdernut flowersBladdernuts line the riverbank and are creeping along the front yard. They form unique papery capsules in the fall that contain little round seeds.
4 comments:
Just great shots! I'd just as soon see buds and leaves as wildflowers—though I want to see them all. Spring is so pretty.
Isn't that the way it always goes on missed shots? I have a spare battery, but where I get caught is I'll have just hooked up the camera to upload shots onto the computer, look out the window, and a heron will be standing ten feet away or a pileated will be on the tree…or maybe a mink is checking out the rockpile. Easy, "sure" shots like I never see when I'm loaded and locked and ready to go.
Unique shots! The ghost deer - isn't that always the way? You can buy a 2nd battery, like our contractors do for their cordless drills, but is it worth it?!
I forget that I have jack-in-the-pulpit. Thanks for the foreshadowing of things to come! You can see that we have a limited variety, but beauty nonetheless.
Thanks, Scribe! Yeah, I had to yank my camera out of the computer mid-upload last week to capture something. Wouldn't it be nice to have a camera at every window?
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Jenn, loved your purple power and daffodil shots of a few days ago!
I'm happy you found "This American Life"! The radio show has been running in the states for years and there's a huge archive at thislife.org. Also lots of Believe episodes at thisibelieve.org. Plenty of late night material for insomniacs!
I don't know that much about plants but I will certainly learn more by looking here. I love the shots of the deer and had the same problem with the camera battery yesterday! I usually have a second one charged but that got stolen when I dropped m camera cover in the parking lot of a Starbucks... got the cover back sans extra chip and battery. Must order another.
I still think you got a great shot. I've never seen a white deer. A treat!
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